Chris Locke is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actor,[1] most noted as the winner of the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Male Stand-Up at the 15th Canadian Comedy Awards in 2014.[2]
A native of Toronto, Ontario,[3] he began his comedy career in the mid-2000s. He has performed at comedy festivals and undertaken his own solo tours,[2] and has released two solo comedy albums, The World is Embarrassing (2014) and Demons Are Eating My Head (2016).[3]
He is a frequent collaborator with Seán Cullen, including the short comedy albums Chris and Seán are Tony and Keith in Nature and Chris and Seán are Tony and Keith in Horror,[4] and joint comedy shows.[5]
In 2018 he premiered the comedy web series Learning Nature with Chris Locke, on Funny or Die.[6] The series, in which Locke tries to create a nature documentary despite not knowing anything about the subject, was a Canadian Comedy Award nominee for Best Web Series, and Locke was a nominee for Best Performance in a Web Series, at the 19th Canadian Comedy Awards in 2019.
In 2024 he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Lead Performance in a Comedy Film at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards, for his role in the film Who's Yer Father?.[7]
He has been a guest on Stop Podcasting Yourself,[3] and hosts the podcast Happy Good with Chris Locke.[5]
He is married to comedian and actress Kathleen Phillips.[8]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | True Love | Man | ||
| Bryce | ||||
| Interview | ||||
| 2007 | Weird Friend | |||
| Run In | ||||
| 2008 | data-sort-value="Magic Trick, The" | The Magic Trick | ||
| 2010 | Kelly 5-9 | Jonny Caputo | ||
| 2011 | America's Tallest Baby | Len Gorilla | ||
| 2012 | Burger John's Breakfast Croissant Sandwich | Construction worker | ||
| 2014 | Apartment 2B | Owen | ||
| Grilled | Thug | |||
| 2015 | Sugar Sisters | Blake | ||
| Fat Camp | Steve | |||
| 2017 | Sundowners | Randy | ||
| Filth City | Det. Ray Zitt | |||
| 2021 | Drifting Snow | Jordan | ||
| 2023 | Who's Yer Father? | Larry Constable |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | data-sort-value="Border, The" | The Border | Karl | One episode |
| 2009 | data-sort-value="Latest Buzz, The" | The Latest Buzz | Gus | One episode |
| 2011 | Goodbye Sara Hennessey | Chris | One episode | |
| 2011 | My Babysitter's a Vampire | Delivery guy | One episode | |
| 2012 | data-sort-value="L.A. Complex, The" | The L.A. Complex | Improv student | One episode |
| 2014 | data-sort-value="Ron James Show, The" | The Ron James Show | One episode | |
| Annedroids | Meteor hunter | One episodes | ||
| 2015 | data-sort-value="Strain, The" | The Strain | Louis | One episode |
| 2015-16 | Mr. D | Ted | Four episodes | |
| 2016 | data-sort-value="Nations!, The" | The Nations! | Self | |
| True Dating Stories | Hannah's date | One episode | ||
| data-sort-value="Amazing Gayl Pile, The" | The Amazing Gayl Pile | Broken Man | One episode | |
| 2016-19 | Baroness von Sketch Show | Multiple sketch roles | Seven episodes | |
| 2017 | Epic Studios | Homeless Guy | ||
| data-sort-value="Beaverton, The" | The Beaverton | Todd | One episode | |
| 2018 | Gary and His Demons | Trench coat salesman | One episode | |
| Learning Nature with Chris Locke | Self | Host | ||
| 2019-21 | TallBoyz | Multiple sketch characters | Four episodes | |
| 2020 | Workin' Moms | Charlie | One episode | |
| Short Term Sentence | Stevie | |||
| Mrs. America | Pie Kill Agent | One episode | ||
| Odd Squad Mobile Unit | Dr. Dry | One episode | ||
| 2020-21 | Odd Squad | Dr. Dry | Two episodes | |
| 2021 | data-sort-value="Communist's Daughter, The" | The Communist's Daughter | Rod Bigmann | Six episodes |
| What We Do in the Shadows | Dean Martin | One episode | ||
| 2022 | Eye-Goon | |||
| Doomlands | Jackie | One episode | ||
| data-sort-value="Kids in the Hall, The" | The Kids in the Hall | Guy | One episode | |
| CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival | Self | One episode | ||
| Children Ruin Everything | Contractor | One episode | ||
| 2022–present | Run the Burbs | Sebastian |